Earth History Courses

Subject: Geoscience

Earth Historypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This Earth history class is intended for non-geoscience majors and follows a chronological structure, starting with the Big Bang and finishing in the anthropogenic period. Abridged from the syllabus: This course is ...

History of Geologypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This is a history-of-geology course that includes a great deal of Earth history material. From the syllabus: The historical development of geology as a scientific discipline from ancient civilizations to the modern ...

The Scientific Method and the Paradox of Controversypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This course is an excellent example of Earth history taught from the perspective of the history of geology. Not only does it teach some of the most important concepts in geology, but it also teaches the students ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience

Processes and Concepts of Geologypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This is an example of a physical-historical geology course, an excellent vehicle for teaching plate tectonics. From the syllabus: This course begins with an introduction to basic Earth materials and analyses of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience

Global Climate Changepart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This interdisciplinary courses focuses on how and why Earth's climate has changed thoughout its history and how it is likely to change in the near future. It draws from geology, chemistry, meteorology, ...

Invertebrate Paleontologypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This is a classic evolution-and-fossils kind of course. Students go through major invertebrate groups, examine and interpret fossils and assemblages. Rather than approach the whole world chronologically, the course ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution

Historical Geologypart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This introductory online historical geology class teaches basic scientific principles like evolution and plate tectonics, then reviews Earth history from the Precambrian to the present day. The readings are online ...

Wonderful Lifepart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This course uses the Ediacaran fauna as a focus to teach about evolution, the nature of science, and how to write well. The students start off reading "Wonderful Life" (Gould, 1989 ), which deals with ...

Earth: Evolution of a Habitable Worldpart of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Examples This is Earth history taught from a planetary science perspective, comparing it to its neighboring planets. Using a systems approach, students determine how and why the atmosphere and the climate have changed over ...